Economia de Desenvolvimento Agr

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Economia de Desenvolvimento Agrário (Rural)

• Lecture notes 1
• February 2008

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Outline

• My background
• Background of students expectations through
  their representatives
• Schedule agree with students
• Course content/required reading discuss with
  students
• Objectives of the course

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My background

• MA in Economics 1968
• UNDP and FAO Peru 1968-71
• Economic Commission for Latin America 1971-74
• University of Lund PhD 1981
• PhD course in environmental economics 2004
• Mozambique 1979-81 and since then consultancies
  about 2 times per year
• For details http//web.comhem.se/tom.alberts

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My co-ordinates

• t.alberts_at_devpro.se
• My new Web Site
• http//web.comhem.se/t.alberts
• I will try to up-load lecture notes etc onto my
  Web Site.
• 82 39 62 600

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Schedule

• Mondays 1730-1900
• Tuesdays 1545-1715
• Wednesdays 1730-1900 (not 13 February)
• I will be available one hour before the lecture
  starts.
• Extra session one Saturday - Internet

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Reading List

• I assume that you have read
• PLANO DE ACÇÃO PARA A REDUÇÃO DA POBREZA ABSOLUTA
  2006-2009
• Can be found on the Web (Portal do Governo)
• and

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• ESTRATÉGIA DE DESENVOLVIMENTO RURAL (EDR)
  Setembro de 2007
• Decentralisation policies of the Government of
  Mozambique
• And the The Science and Technology Strategy of
  May 2006.

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Major textbook

• Todaro, Michael P. and Smith, Stephen C.
  Economic Development 9th EditionIt is a big
  book with lots of useful references
• For students visit www.aw-bc.com/todaro_smith

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For those who have difficulties with basic
Economics

• Samuelson, Paul A. and Nordhaus, William
  D.Economía
• It is a standard texbook in economics but any one
  will do.

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Case studies

• URBAN BIAS IN DEVELOPMENT REVISITED POVERTY
  REDUCTION STRATEGIES IN TANZANIA
• Tom Alberts
• Stockholm, 8 February, 2005
• Can be downloaded from my Web site (Adobe)

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Perhaps a book Can be downloaded from my Web
Site

• Theoretical Framework
• Wasting Water. Peru 1979 and Swaziland 1998, the
  same sad story
• Vested Interests in Action. Two Multinational
  Companies in Argentina 1985
• Using Scarce Resources Better. Mission
  Impossible?
• The Choice of Technology Revisited

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• Evaluation of IBIS extension programme in the
  Zambezia province (Report available)
• Mozambique A Success Story in Poverty
  Alleviation? Can be down loaded from my Web Site.

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Objectives of the Course
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General objectives

• To provide the students with basic knowledge of
  applied economic theory relevant to Mozambican
  rural and agricultural development so as to
  enhance their capacity to analyze problems and
  propose practical solutions and
• To provide the students with a general background
  of the international discourse on economic and
  socio-economic development, with particular
  emphasis on rural and agricultural development.

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Specific objectives

• Develop the students capacity to provide policy
  analysis and develop policy options
• Train the students to use the Internet to find
  relevant information for problem solving and
• Train the students to apply economic theory on
  specific problems including areas such as

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areas such as

• The importance of defining costs and benefits in
  economic terms (costs and benefits to society)
• Domestic and international trade
• Foreign direct investments in Mozambican
  agriculture opportunities and threats
• The choice of technology

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areas such as

• Resource allocation
• Pricing policy
• Measures on development such as the Human
  Development Index
• Poverty issues
• Distribution of income and wealth
• Constraints and possibilities of rural and
  agricultural development in Mozambique

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For this you will have to understand

• Average and marginal productivity
• Total, average and marginal costs
• Supply and Demand curves
• Price and income elasticities
• Opportunity costs
• Net present value
• Discounting

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and

• Real and nominal values - inflation
• Consumer price index and other indices
• Profit maximization
• The difference between social and private costs
  and benefits
• Terms-of-Trade
• And

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Course requirement

• Pass a written exam date?
• Summarize 3 scientific articles within an area of
  interest to you and
• The articles should be written in English
• They should be in the AGORA collection more
  than 900 academic journals available to you
• The Summary can be in Portuguese

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AGORA

• Web Site www.aginternetwork.org
• User name ag-MOZ002
• Password d9gV2QL3
• The article must be from the AGORA database!

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Googles

• Googles is very rapid
• Use advanced search
• Here you can rapidly find the articles you are
  interested in You cannot download most academic
  articles!!
• Have to use AGORA
• Try also Googles Scholar
• Time to practice!!!